Shloka 306

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि वसिष्ठकरालजनकसंवादे षडधिकत्रिशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi vasiṣṭhakarālajanakasaṃvāde ṣaḍadhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Śānti Parva—specifically the Mokṣa-dharma section—ends the dialogue involving Vasiṣṭha, Karāla, and Janaka: the three-hundred-and-sixth chapter.

Word by Word

इतिthus; so

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Śānti-parvan

मोक्षधर्मपर्वणिin the Mokṣadharma section

वसिष्ठकरालजनकसंवादेin the dialogue of Vasiṣṭha, Karāla, and Janaka

षडधिकत्रिशततमःthree-hundred-and-sixth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahabharata

Shanti Parva

Moksha-dharma Parva

Vasistha

Karala

Janaka

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it marks the end of a chapter in the Mokṣa-dharma portion of Śānti Parva, indicating that the preceding material was presented as a dialogue among Vasiṣṭha, Karāla, and Janaka—typically a setting for teachings on liberation-oriented dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is formally closing the chapter: it announces the work (Mahābhārata), the book (Śānti Parva), the subsection (Mokṣa-dharma), the dialogue frame (Vasiṣṭha–Karāla–Janaka), and the chapter number (306), signaling that the conversation episode has concluded.